cana

noun

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The verdict

“cana” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,503
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - planta rizomatosa de colmo lenhoso

Corpus desk

Index PT-cana · cana · Portuguese

cana · rank #5,503 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,503
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH bronze

Nearest frequency peer: bronze (-3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cana”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “cana” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cana vs chá
25% similar
cana vs cão
25% similar
cana vs cap
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cana
PropertyValue
Headwordcana
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,503
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cana”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).canacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “bronze” (#5,500), “concreto” (#5,507), “batata” (#5,497). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cana” fica em #5,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cana, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,503 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cana, with forms such as "acna", "caan", and "canna". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chá", "cão", "cap", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cana, spelled C-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    planta rizomatosa de colmo lenhoso
  2. 2
    o colmo seco dessa planta
  3. 3
    o caule de muitas gramíneas
  4. 4
    flauta
  5. 5
    utensílio de pesca
  6. 6
    bengala
  7. 7
    bambu
  8. 8
    cachaça
  9. 9
    prisão
  10. 10
    pena de encarceiramento por tempo a ser cumprida em prisão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pegou uma cana pesada.

This word in other languages

cane(English)caña(Español)canne(Français)Rohr(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acna
  • caan
  • canna
  • ccana
  • cnaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cana - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acna2caan2canna1ccana1cnaa2
Edit distance from "cana"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cana"?
"cana" is spelled C-A-N-A.
What does "cana" mean?
As a noun, "cana" means: planta rizomatosa de colmo lenhoso
What words are commonly confused with "cana"?
"cana" is commonly confused with "chá", "cão", "cap". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cana" come from?
"cana" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vela#5,478soma#5,467osso#5,563pano#5,565

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

adoção5 variantscego5 variantsburro5 variantsdita5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list